[drakaal]

From 2007, this is a better article on the same topic. Sorry it is a PDF, it wasn't easy to find an online version.

http://match.pmf.kg.ac.rs/electronic_versions/Match59/n3/mat...

"Our results show that these Extended Goldberg polyhedra are a kind of novel geometrical objects of icosahedral symmetry and are considered to explain some viral capsids. "

Which is the interesting application of the math.

[gertef]

Interesting. The "Extended Goldberg polyhedra" paper doesn't make explicit whether they are talking about planar ("proper") polyhedra, but maybe they are...?

Is the "Extended Goldberg polyhedra" prior publication of the same result as today's news?